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J 4- vj 4- i ,"" 4 1 SINCLAIR LEW I S 2601 EAST SECOND ST. DULUTH 5, MINNESOTA C ll;32i A.M. Wednesday, J ^ August 22, A.D. 1945 i Johnny G-unther has been here, along of his book, and ^ I take back every mean thing I have ever said about • i his pomposity or-^her evil quality, and almost every- _* thing abmout the1 possibility of his doing The Book. QP Seeing him, not passing in an alcoholized salon of logrollere but really at work, he was wonderfuls keen, persistent, Informed, easy, pleasant. For our sins we had to sit thru three hours of a dinner party at the Salsiches; Margaret was drunk and a monster of ~ . ' babbling inapposlteness; but John was so amiable through + £ it all that I admired him all over again. AND, talking J^ q to people who really had something — Judge Nolan and ,1 m a the radical lawyer, Henry Paull a~. John was a marvel of •i J. perception, memory, efficiency. By God, the book will A S have something, and you can forget the Importance of v) J \ details in light of the way John wants to know about d( every state, ""What or who is the power behind the state government and business?"" The stamps enclosed I found in an old case where they must have been for maybe eight years. You can use them either for collections or for postage. J S * hugely loved your Peggie Powers letter.^ It was some- tf -/ x how so touching and beautiful, as well as fun. You (J t— ( are 3till all of that surprised (yet slightly suspi- i clous) and adventurous child, along with being the efficient Our Miss Powers. I treasure it with the j (n 1 first Peggie Powers letter that I ever received. Two weeks from today, we start for NY. LOOKITs No mmmm matter how much we wander on the way, we shall be there before the evening of Friday, Sept. 14, and I want you to keep that evening for me....and as much of Saturday-Sunday as possible Your mother might come in ({ *7 on Saturday, 15th, and we'll make plans — e.g. about how much I pay her (no idea now) along with food allowace. Ace & wife cd see New York Sat and Sunday, and start off with your mother (from her flat in Orange) on Monday. x i 3?f you get no good news for me from Dorset or Angonquin, try (by phone) to see what's doing at the Gotham, the St. &egls, and the BMM Devon, in way of 2-room suites. *r ^ In my engagement book, date of Fri 14, I am putting down <t_ -- venturing to put down — M — EVENING. my dear —

J 4- vj 4- i ,"" 4 1 SINCLAIR LEW I S 2601 EAST SECOND ST. DULUTH 5, MINNESOTA C ll;32i A.M. Wednesday, J ^ August 22, A.D. 1945 i Johnny G-unther has been here, along of his book, and ^ I take back every mean thing I have ever said about • i his pomposity or-^her evil quality, and almost every- _* thing abmout the1 possibility of his doing The Book. QP Seeing him, not passing in an alcoholized salon of logrollere but really at work, he was wonderfuls keen, persistent, Informed, easy, pleasant. For our sins we had to sit thru three hours of a dinner party at the Salsiches; Margaret was drunk and a monster of ~ . ' babbling inapposlteness; but John was so amiable through + £ it all that I admired him all over again. AND, talking J^ q to people who really had something — Judge Nolan and ,1 m a the radical lawyer, Henry Paull a~. John was a marvel of •i J. perception, memory, efficiency. By God, the book will A S have something, and you can forget the Importance of v) J \ details in light of the way John wants to know about d( every state, ""What or who is the power behind the state government and business?"" The stamps enclosed I found in an old case where they must have been for maybe eight years. You can use them either for collections or for postage. J S * hugely loved your Peggie Powers letter.^ It was some- tf -/ x how so touching and beautiful, as well as fun. You (J t— ( are 3till all of that surprised (yet slightly suspi- i clous) and adventurous child, along with being the efficient Our Miss Powers. I treasure it with the j (n 1 first Peggie Powers letter that I ever received. Two weeks from today, we start for NY. LOOKITs No mmmm matter how much we wander on the way, we shall be there before the evening of Friday, Sept. 14, and I want you to keep that evening for me....and as much of Saturday-Sunday as possible Your mother might come in ({ *7 on Saturday, 15th, and we'll make plans — e.g. about how much I pay her (no idea now) along with food allowace. Ace & wife cd see New York Sat and Sunday, and start off with your mother (from her flat in Orange) on Monday. x i 3?f you get no good news for me from Dorset or Angonquin, try (by phone) to see what's doing at the Gotham, the St. &egls, and the BMM Devon, in way of 2-room suites. *r ^ In my engagement book, date of Fri 14, I am putting down